A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.4%
2.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Census day 2023: 503 residents and 210 households in Fouchères. In Fouchères, 26% of households are one person living alone. This Aube town has fewer households without a car than 89% of compared French towns, at 4.8%.
Throughout this page, the Aube median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Fouchères
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fouchères had 542 residents at the 2012 census and 503 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 9.3% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fouchères changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 93% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Aube town +2%.
Younger than 74% of compared French towns: half of Fouchères is under 40.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fouchères 40.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 19% of residents are 65 or over in Fouchères. Here, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 34%, a higher share than 90% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Aube median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.4 people in the average household. At 9.3%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 62% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of second homes than 81% of compared French towns, at 6.4%
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Long tenure is the mark of 23% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.5% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. By its share of empty homes (8.4%), Fouchères is above 68% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €26,650 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Living standards centre on €26,650 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
23% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 93% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
With households headed by a retired person at 26%, Fouchères is behind just over four fifths of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 94% of compared French towns: 1.7%
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
The median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The census found that 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals in Fouchères.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 22%, a lower share than 78% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 46% of residents 15 and over are married in Fouchères. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Only 16% of adults out of school have no qualification in Fouchères
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Fouchères has 28%. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (503 to 2,582 people), the 4th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Fouchères sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fouchères | 40.9 | 19% | 6.4% | 1.7% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 5.8 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
| Bréviandes 3,219 · 10.7 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 0.7% | 9.6% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas 6,760 · 11.6 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.3% | 8.6% |
| Rosières-près-Troyes 4,840 · 11.9 mi | 32.7 | 15% | 3% | 8.5% |
| Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres 3,223 · 12.3 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 1.7% | 9.1% |
| Saint-André-les-Vergers 12,806 · 13.2 mi | 41.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 12% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Fouchères
What is the population of Fouchères?
503 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (542).
How old are Fouchères’ residents?
The median age is 40.9, younger than 74% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fouchères?
16, with occasional dwellings: 6.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fouchères?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fouchères?
€26,650 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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